Wednesday, June 1 – At 10 a.m. in the Greenfield room

Thursday June 2 – At 3 p.m. in the Greenfield room

We welcome again the association of paratroopers RCPT for their public briefing before their jump, a few hours later above Graignes..

Thursday June 2 – From 6 p.m. – Outside the museum

Back in Normandy for the first time since the 75th anniversary, the association, which has around a hundred re-enactors, will take part in the celebration of the museum’s 5th anniversary, after having inaugurated in Carentan a stele in memory of the 2nd American Armored Division, unit represented by the association.

From June 2 to 6 – Several events related to this exhibition

In partnership with the Musée de la Chartreuse (Molsheim, Alsace) and the Musée des Blindés de Saumur (Maine-et-Loire), we are pleased this year to host an exceptional temporary exhibition on the Trippelwagen, a German amphibious vehicle, produced in the Bugatti factory in Molsheim in Alsace from 1940 to 1944, under German annexation The Molsheim museum provides the panels, documents, photo and video archives, while the Armored museum makes available one of the extremely rare cars still in existence, the last in France, the SG6-41 model. Presence of the curator of the Molsheim museum, Grégory Oswald

Friday, June 3 – At 9 a.m. in the Greenfield room

We welcome again the association of paratroopers RCPT. Come and attend this public briefing during which the team prepares before boarding a C-47 in Cherbourg for its parachute drop above Carentan.

Friday, June 3 – Between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. – Outside the museum

Friday, June 3 – Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Inside the museum

Friday, June 3 – Between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. – In the museum hall

“In his superbly documented book, through the eyes of Corporal F. Bellegarde, a fictional nineteen-year-old character, Y. Corver combines fiction with facts with ease and sensitivity, reintroducing the human in its complexity and its contradictions. The story, based on real military facts, makes palpable little-known elements of the daily life of the 320th VLA during the liberation of Normandy. »
Alice Mills, retired lecturer from the University of Caen.

Friday, June 3 – Around 4 p.m. – Greenfield Room

He had come to sign his book a few months ago at the museum. After a warm welcome from visitors, the author, Andrew Biggio returns accompanied by four veterans:

• Bob Weber from 10th Armored Division
• Marvin Gilmore from 458 AAA Battalion
• Robert Heurgue from 82nd Airborne
• John Althuizen from 7th Armored

Purple Heart ceremony for John Althuizen by the US Army.

Friday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m. – Salle Greenfield

It was in July 2020 that Florent Plana shot the first scenes of his film, a little over 76 years later, at the very place where American soldiers landed on June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach. The director then compared these reconstitution scenes with interviews of veterans carried out during various trips to the United States.
The result gives us a moving film that tells the story of 34 boys from the small town of Bedford, Virginia, who landed in Normandy and of whom only 15 will return to the country. They were the “Bedford Boys”. (Read our article about the film)

Friday June 3 at 8 p.m. – Restaurant A10 Canteen

Meal animated by singer Charly M. who makes you sing and dance to great 1940s standards. 1940s dress code imperative.

Menu

• Soupe à l’oignon (Onions soup)
• Noix de joue de porc confite, topinambours et pommes de terre (Candied pork cheek, Jerusalem artichokes and potatoes)
• Riz au lait (milk rice)
• 1/4 de cider or de vin or soft.

Saturday June 4 – Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Inside the museum

Already present in 2021, this group of enthusiasts has reconstructed an almost complete American field hospital, with exclusively original equipment. Several times a day: realistic demonstrations of surgical operations, as they were performed on the wounded on the battlefield.

Saturday 4 June – At 10.30 a.m. – Salle Greenfield

Presentation of the restoration project of an Enigma machine, by engineering students from ESIX Cherbourg

As an introduction to the conference “The Enigma myth”, we are pleased to welcome the 5 students in charge of restarting the Enigma machine from our collections, as part of their study project. Working since last fall on 3D modeling, the reproduction of missing or defective parts and their assembly, they will present the stages of this titanic work which made them plunge into the history of the Second World War.

Saturday, June 4 – Next – Greenfield Hall

Conference “The Enigma Myth” by Edmond Kern

On the sidelines of his demonstrations inside the museum, Edmond Kern offers us a conference in which he goes into detail on the history of the famous Enigma coding machine, deemed indecipherable by the Germans. However, as early as 1940, Allied intelligence deciphered messages…

Saturday June 4 – Between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. – Inside the museum

Saturday, June 4 – Between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. – In the Greenfield room

The members of the RCPT fold their parachutes before their last jump which will take place the next day at La Fière, and invite you to attend. A privileged moment to exchange with enthusiasts who exercise their duty of memory in the most beautiful way.

Grégory Oswald will share with you all the secrets of the mythical amphibious car, especially during its production in the Bugatti factory in Molsheim from 1940 to 1944, all in front of the last example kept in France, the SG6-41 in the Musée des Blindés de Saumur.

Passage of the “Voie de la Liberté” hike – 250 bikes

The association “Voie de la Liberté” honors us with a stop at the museum, on their journey of about 140km. The 250 cyclists of the hike are members of the association with about fifty American soldiers who reinforce the workforce for the occasion!

Passage of a convoy of 150 Harley motorcycles

A convoy of around 150 Harley Davidson motorcycles from the “Rennes-Bretagnes Chapter” will also be passing through.

Passage of the Carentan Liberty March

A march in period clothes with civilians and soldiers has become a must in the region. (200 walkers in 2018)

The Colonne Notek association brings together dozens of collectors of German vehicles, most of which are very rare. Every year on June 6, they crisscross Normandy in the footsteps of the 1944 battles, and stop at the Normandy Victory Museum to share their passion with our visitors.

Saturday June 4 – From 7 p.m. – A10 Canteen restaurant terrace

Sunday June 5 – Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Inside the museum

The enthusiasts who installed the reconstruction of a field hospital in the museum are there again this Sunday for demonstrations of care and operations on the battlefield.

Sunday, June 5 – Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – In the museum hall

Ernie Pyle, summer 1944

Collection and translation of 70 articles published in the American press by Ernie Pyle (Pulitzer Prize), a war correspondent then very popular in the United States.

Special Edition – Presse de la Manche

You will be able to buy and have signed several special editions published by F. Patard in recent years.

Sunday June 5 – At 11:00 a.m. – Salle Greenfield

Conference by Grégory Oswald, curator of the Molsheim museum (Alsace)

On the sidelines of the temporary exhibition that we host from May to September, the curator of the Molsheim museum (Alsace) is pleased to present his conference on the legendary amphibious car, produced in Molsheim during the war, in the Bugatti factory. made available to Hanns Trippel by the German occupier.

Sunday June 5 – Between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. – Inside the museum

Edmond Kern, makes you discover the famous German coding machine “Enigma”, of which he knows all the secrets. He will have you code and then decode your first name, on one of the few machines still functional in the world and presented at the museum.

Sunday June 5 at 2:30 p.m. – Salle Greenfield

It was in July 2020 that Florent Plana shot the first scenes of his film, a little over 76 years later, at the very place where American soldiers landed on June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach. The director then compared these reconstitution scenes with interviews of veterans carried out during various trips to the United States.
The result gives us a moving film that tells the story of 34 boys from the small town of Bedford, Virginia, who landed in Normandy and of whom only 15 will return to the country. They were the “Bedford Boys”. (Read our article about the film)

Sunday 5 June – At 4.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. – Inside the museum

Grégory Oswald will share with you all the secrets of the mythical amphibious car, especially during its production in the Bugatti factory in Molsheim from 1940 to 1944, all in front of the last example kept in France, the SG6-41 in the Musée des Blindés de Saumur.

Sunday June 5 – From 3.30 p.m. – A10 Canteen restaurant terrace

Monday, June 6 – Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Inside the museum

The enthusiasts who installed the reconstruction of a field hospital in the museum are there again this Sunday for demonstrations of care and operations on the battlefield.

Monday, June 6 – Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. – Inside the museum

Edmond Kern, makes you discover the famous German coding machine “Enigma”, of which he knows all the secrets. He will have you code and then decode your first name, on one of the few machines still functional in the world and presented at the museum.

Monday, June 6 at 3 p.m. – Greenfield Room

It was in July 2020 that Florent Plana shot the first scenes of his film, a little over 76 years later, at the very place where American soldiers landed on June 6, 1944, on Omaha Beach. The director then compared these reconstitution scenes with interviews of veterans carried out during various trips to the United States.
The result gives us a moving film that tells the story of 34 boys from the small town of Bedford, Virginia, who landed in Normandy and of whom only 15 will return to the country. They were the “Bedford Boys”. (Read our article about the film)

Monday June 6 – From 5 p.m. – Terrace of the A10 Canteen restaurant

Tuesday, June 7 – At 6 p.m. – Outside the museum

The ETO Group association, specialized in the reconstruction of the 101st Airborne, will set up on our outdoor site and will introduce visitors to the specificities of the airborne troops of D-Day, in particular through demonstrations: folding of parachute fabric, setting in place of beaconing, shooting simulation, etc. In the evening, they will take advantage of nightfall for a semi-nocturnal marking demonstration.

Wednesday June 8 – At 3 p.m. – Outdoors or in the Greenfield room depending on the weather

A tribute will be paid to Marthe His and the paratroopers of Graignes with the bagpipe group Deep Respect Pipes and Drums